Frost at Midnight

A folk trio from Wales

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

@PatrioticJew I’m not an Anglican but I am a British Christian and applaud this sign of solidarity.

[simon maginn @simonmaginn]

Hi @JohannaBaxter
You just claimed on BBC PoliticsLive that 'Starmer deal[t] with antisemitism, a scourge in our party'.
There is no evidence of either the 'antisemitism crisis' or of Starmer 'dealing with' it.
Neither thing happened.
People on here know this.
#ItWasAScam

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

@DrDominicGreen “He is not a Jew who is one outwardly, but circumcision is of the heart.” The Apostle Paul

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

Well done to the Norwegian Football Association, who have donated 1.5 million NOK to Doctors Without Borders. 🇳🇴⚽ Doctors Without Borders are currently operating in Palestine. 🇵🇸 This money will help save countless lives.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Dear Alastair @campbellclaret , I sent you this request two weeks ago. You haven't replied. I know the level of detailed sourcing and research that went into my book. Could you attempt to substantiate yr remarks, or pls now withdraw them, Kind Regards Peter

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

The perfect day for this song! #bannaubrycheiniog #breconbeacons #folk

https://t.co/CBZQD9ftVk

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Now Yvette Cooper, Hamish Falconer (someone with some Jewish heritage) and Andy Burnham are antisemites! Why? Because they have attacked Jews for being Jews? Nope. Because they’ve been critical of a country’s military actions? Yep.

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

@simonmaginn @PolitlcsUK That’s right. I’m watching carefully to see how this latest from Burnham will be received.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Nigel Farage says he's resigning as MP for Clacton in order to trigger a by-election. He will re-stand.

Is he getting in front of a decision by parliament's standards commissioner?

[Hutz @MHuttley70148]

Can we just remind all the good people in #Clacton that your MP is there to represent you in Parliament and that your MP who just stood down to use you as a stunt has not held any local surgeries and frequently doesn't bother turning up at Parliament. You want that representation

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

In what world can you pick up your phone and talk to your doctor? #bbclaurak

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

@NJ_Timothy Sorry, Mr Timothy but you are wrong in calling it a false allegation. Israël has gone very far indeed past legitimate self-defence and has been indescriminate in its slaughter of innocent people. They need to be held to account for that, I’m afraid.

[Frost at Midnight @frost_at]

@lucyowenwales This song about a day in the Bannau Brycheiniog. On all digital platforms. https://t.co/IDP0CysW60

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

I think I heard Starmer saying just now on the news that he got rid of antisemitism in the Labour Party. One moment it was everywhere and then it was nowhere. Amazing.

[Sam @SamCKx]

The more I dig, the more I realise that Nigel Farage is literally done for. It's over for him. The £5 million bung is big enough to take the entire Reform movement down and possibly land Nigel in jail.

1) The fact the donation was made BEFORE Nigel was MP is absolutely irrelevant. Parliamentary Code of Conduct requires all receipts for the full 12 months before election. Nigel receiving his bung just a few days before he announced his candidacy makes it so much worse, not better.

2) "Category 5: Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK - THRESHOLD FOR REGISTRATION Section 39. Members must register, subject to the paragraphs below, any gifts or benefits with a value of over £300 which they receive from a source outside the UK."

Nigel argues this was 'purely personal' but the Code refers to partners or families when it comes to personal gifts... this takes us to the next issue...

3) Christopher Harborne has a long track record of making SUBSTANTIAL political contributions to Nigel's parties, first to The Brexit Party, and later to Reform. He is a POLITICAL DONOR - any "gift" he made to Farage CANNOT be argued as personal or without political context due to this track record.

4) Using his platform as an MP, Nigel went on to promote 2 companies in which Christopher Harborne holds $ billions in stock - Nigel NEVER publicly endorsed or mentioned these companies prior to the "gift". Nigel also began actively pushing for policy that would directly interest Christopher Harborne and his business affairs. These were not interests that any could argue could possibly be of interest to his constituents - deregulation of crypto, and lowering of taxes on crypto gains. Nigel spent a substantial amount of time and effort pushing these policies.

It is beyond a doubt that this is the biggest breach of Parliamentary Code of Conduct rules in relation to donations in parliamentary history.

But even more concerning for Nigel will be that if it can be proven he was secretly incentivised to use his public office to push for policies to support a wealthy donor, then he should very likely face a criminal probe for corruption and bribery. I suspect Harborne might also be exposed to this. The United Kingdom and Thailand have a bilateral extradition treaty. Maximum prison sentences of up to 10 years for the offence.

This is not going to go away.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

I have written to Hamish Falconer after his shocking and disgraceful response to my question about Israel’s illegal settlement expansion.

Baseless smears won’t change the truth: this government is complicit in apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.

[YourFavoriteGuy @guychristensen_]

I swear that if Zohran arrests Netanyahu the whole world will stand with him.